Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency was 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre
Change on year
up 7.0%
World rank
136th
of 194 countries
All-time high
0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.0247 million SLC per square kilometre
in 1970
Years of data
54
1970–2023
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Bulgaria, 1970–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million SLC per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Bulgaria stood at 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
The figure is up 7.0% on the previous year and up 49.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Bulgaria peaked at 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0247 million SLC per square kilometre, in 1970.
Bulgaria ranks 136th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | million SLC per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0247 million SLC per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0.0264 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0284 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0308 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0333 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1975 | 0.036 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.0% |
| 1976 | 0.0381 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 0.0407 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 0.0436 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0471 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.2% |
| 1980 | 0.0466 million SLC per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 0.0492 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 0.0538 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.3% |
| 1983 | 0.0579 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 0.0614 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 0.0645 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0679 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 0.0715 million SLC per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 0.0786 million SLC per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0795 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0689 million SLC per square kilometre | -13.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0571 million SLC per square kilometre | -17.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0523 million SLC per square kilometre | -8.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0525 million SLC per square kilometre | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0563 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 0.0498 million SLC per square kilometre | -11.6% |
| 1996 | 0.052 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0567 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0513 million SLC per square kilometre | -9.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0491 million SLC per square kilometre | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 0.0575 million SLC per square kilometre | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0615 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0665 million SLC per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0747 million SLC per square kilometre | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0764 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0813 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0897 million SLC per square kilometre | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 0.1031 million SLC per square kilometre | +15.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1052 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0965 million SLC per square kilometre | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 0.093 million SLC per square kilometre | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0991 million SLC per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 0.1091 million SLC per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 0.1028 million SLC per square kilometre | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 0.1049 million SLC per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1125 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 0.1176 million SLC per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 0.1195 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 0.1234 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1275 million SLC per square kilometre | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1127 million SLC per square kilometre | -11.6% |
| 2021 | 0.114 million SLC per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 0.1441 million SLC per square kilometre | +26.4% |
| 2023 | 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre | +7.0% |
Bulgaria compared with similar countries
- Bulgaria's 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.7488 million SLC per square kilometre, 21% of the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Bulgaria's 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.6076 million SLC per square kilometre, 25% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0349 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0247 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0471 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0631 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0466 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0795 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0546 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0491 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0689 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0812 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.0575 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1052 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.111 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.093 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1275 million SLC per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1312 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1127 million SLC per square kilometre | 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Bulgaria
- 133 Cayman Islands 0.1719 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 134 Saudi Arabia 0.1615 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 135 Greece 0.1544 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 137 Lesotho 0.148 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 138 British Virgin Islands 0.1419 million SLC per square kilometre compare
- 139 Lithuania 0.1386 million SLC per square kilometre compare
More economy & growth data for Bulgaria
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.48 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 2.58 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 1.51 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0116 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 234.99 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 4.88 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 60.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0373 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 759.02 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 7.89 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Bulgaria?
- Value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency in Bulgaria was 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1541 million SLC per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0247 million SLC per square kilometre in 1970.
- How does Bulgaria rank for value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency?
- Bulgaria ranks 136th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is value added (total manufacturing) — value standard local currency rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Value Standard Local Currency, 2015 prices divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.